Stem and buisness Brainrot is also a factor for schools

There is this idea that

Stem and business = job

so people register for those in the highest numbers

and the other academic fields get less people to sign up and get budget cuts

the right and the deans and people donating to these schools want to turn universities into trade schools for stem and business.

But that's a smaller factor than football. Collegefootball is a major economic factor worth billions not just for these schools but the towns they reside in. so many of these towns the entire economy isn't the school but college football.